Beer, Devon

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Beer

Part of the East Devon World Heritage Coast

Down in Devon, down in Devon,
There's a village by the sea,
It's a little piece of heaven
And the angels call it Beer!

Beer is a pretty seaside village built around a small cove on the south coast of the U.K. in East Devon.

The object of these pages is to provide information about my home village of Beer. If you have any pictures, stories or information that you think may be of interest, please contact


News

August 23rd, 2010 - Open University reports that some microbes living in the rocks from Beer cliff that were sent in to space in 2008 and returned to earth in September 2009 survived the trip. BBC news story

July 3rd, 2010 - Midsummer Music For Life at Beer Football Club  from Noon until midnight. More info

May 27th, 2010 - Wendy Cummins was awarded the RNLI Gold badge for over 30 years of fund raising for the organisation by the Duke of Kent at the Barbican Centre in London.

May 26th - Beer Albion won the Golesworthy Cup 4-2 against Clyst Valley. This follows a successful season where the first team have won promotion to the Premier division and the Reserves have won promotion to Division 5.

Apr 25th - Axe Vale Harriers Point to Point at Stafford Cross

Feb 18th, 19th, 20th - 'Peter Pan' performed by the Panto People in the Mariners' Hall.

New Year's Eve 2009.
Beer Coastguards spent New Year's Eve rescuing a woman from cliffs at Peak Hill, Sidmouth. Also on the scene were Exmouth Coastguards, police and paramedics. Coastguards were called at 22:09 on New Year's Eve and returned at 01:33 New Year's Day. The lady in question was 100 feet down the cliff, a rescue helicopter from Chivenor was also involved but their winchman was unable to get to the casualty.  The Coastguards lowered a man down the cliff to cut his way through the dense gorse to get to her, and until he got there did not know whether or not she was alive.  Happily she was relatively uninjured but suffering from hypothermia, the aircraft eventually lifted her off the cliff and transferred her to RD & E Hospital.

November 28 2009 - Variety Show at the Mariner's Hall in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and St John Ambulance

September 2009 - Beer Horticultural Society

  • Beer was awarded a Gold Certificate in the Britain in Bloom competition. This is the first time that Beer has won this award
  • The South West in Bloom RHS Certificate of Merit was awarded for the Pigs Path Improvement Project
  • Pecorama won the City of Bath trophy for landscaping

Sept 26th, 2009 - Pumpkin Show at Beer Social Club.

Sept 26th, 2009. The European Space Agency spacecraft that included rock samples from Beer is due to return to earth.

Sept 7th - 20th, 2009 - Exhibition of works by Emma Molony in the 'Bomb Shelter'

Sept 5th and 6th , 2009 - Beer Festival at Beer Social Club. 

Aug 26th, 2009. BBC TV recorded a story about the bit of rock that was taken from Beer and sent into space.

Aug 22nd -29th, 2009 Wurlitzer Week.

July 24-26th, 2009 - 319th Meeting of The Morris Ring hosted by Exeter Morris Men. Performances at Jubilee Gardens on Sat 25th from 2.45p.m. 

July 18th, 2009 - Churchill Productions presented 'TWO' at the Mariners' Hall.

June 20th, 2009 - Midsummer Music For Life at Beer Football Club ran from Noon until midnight. The event raised over £6300 for the two main charities.

April 18th, 2009 - THE ROOT - An evening of Rhythm and Blues to raise money for a bench in memory of Jim Riley, one of the founders of the Beer R&B Festival. Among those appearing were:- Jellicle Cats, Copoutz, Brock and the Badgers, Walk Hards and Tim Royce's King Roosters at Mariners Hall from 7p.m.  Admissiion FREE - but all donations gratefully received towards the Memorial Bench Fund.

March 2009. Caxtons Collectiques of Bampton  is doing valuations and sales of various items from a late person's estate. This includes a large album of sketches and watercolours of towns and villages in East Devon and West Dorset, including paintings of Beer, Seaton, Axmouth and Lyme Regis.  The artist was an amateur called Margaret Froude Hancock. All of the watercolours/sketches are from the Victorian period and some are dated between 1877 - 1890. The paintings have been valued at £30 each. Anyone interested can contact Stuart Bennett on 01398 331510 before they are auctioned off for charity.

February 19th-21st, 2009. Panto People present 'Aladdin' at the Mariners Hall.

February 17th, 2009.  Natalie Puddicombe was awarded the Tallow Chandler's Prize and City and Guild Medal of Excellence in a ceremony in London  for her work at Beer Puffins Pre-School.

February 13th 2009. Music for Life Event at the Dolphin Hotel.

February 7th, 2009. There will be an Activies fair in the Mariners Hall where representatives from clubs and groups in the village will provide and display details about the activities available in the village.

November 2008. Alan Barrett and his sister Julie were taken to South Africa as part of the TV programme, "Noel's Christmas presents" that was broadcast on Sky One on Sunday 21st December.

Panto People are looking for a keyboard player for their forthcoming production. Anyone who is interested should contact the director, Audrey Tims, on 01297 20048.

October 12th, 2008. A two seater Spitfire flew over Beer to scatter the ashes of Jim Riley, a co-founder of the R&B Festival at sea.

Beer was awarded the Silver Gilt Certificate at the South West in Bloom Awards for 2008.

October 9th, 2008. Organ open day at the Congregational Church.

September 13th, 2008. A team of 4 rowers from Beer, Justin Adkin, Robert Adkin, Martin Adkin and Sam Phillips, participated in the Great River Race, which is a race from Richmond to Greenwich on the river Thames. Details

August 2008 - Generation Soccer ran a summer holiday football camp at Beer Albion Football Club on Thursday 14th & Friday 15th August 2008 for children aged from 5 to 14 years of age.

July 19th, 2008 - Music For Life festival at Beer Albion Football Club, from midday to midnight in aid of Cancer Research UK starring the Blue Bishops. The weather was good, as was the music and a total of over £5000 was raised.

June 2008 - Beer Coastguard team received awards from the MCA and Devon and Cornwall police at a presentation night at Sidmouth Sailing club. The awards were for the work carried out in the early stages of the Napoli grounding incident, January and February 2007.

June 2008. Beer Bag project. From an idea that originated at Beer Primary School a reusable shopping bag made from jute and with a Beer logo is in production. 

Sponsored Horse Ride 2008. Charlotte Wakley organised a ride from Whitchurch, Bristol to Beer,Devon, arriving on Easter Sunday to raise funds for The Mission for Deep Sea Fishermen and Cancer Research UK. Click here for more details. The event raised £4750.

March 9th, 2008. AVR Grizzly. Among the competitors were  Ali Green, Sue Green,'Bilko' Mutter and Richard Oswald.

February 21st-23rd, 2008. Panto at the Mariners Hall.

January 2008. John Scott has been elected a full Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts.


Archived news items



Art Weeks at Pecorama
 
In September & October 2010, Pecorama have 3 weeks of 'Inspiring Art at the Station Halt Gallery' on display.
 
13-18 September   Prints & Sculpture
 
27 September- 2 October  Photography & Ceramics
 
11-16 October  Paintings & Applied Art
 
Opening times will be Monday-Friday 10am-5.30pm
and Saturday mornings 10am-12.30pm
 
There will be NO CHARGE to enter the gardens during these weeks, and entry to the art exhibitions will be FREE.


Panto People

Beer Panto People performed 'Peter Pan' during half-term on Feb 18th, 19th and 20th, 2010. Saturday  night was sold out. Collections Great Ormond Street Childrens' Hospital were maed after the performances  and raised over £300 for Great Ormond Street Childrens' Hospital.


    The Grizzly

The 2010 AVR Grizzly took place on Sunday 7th March. 

2010 Result

1st John MacFarlane (Thames Hare and Hounds)
2nd Phil Sanger (Epsom and Ewell)
3rd Alister Bristow  (Erme Valley Harriers)

1st Lady: Elizabeth Kendon (Newbury AC)

 Full results are available at Axe Valley Runners web site.


Wurlitzer Organ

The UK Theatre Organ Club hold concerts on the Wurlitzer organ that is installed in the Congregational Hall.  The organ is believed to be the first one imported to the United Kingdom from the U.S.A. Visitors are more than welcome to view the Wurlitzer. 

Click here for Friends of Beer Wurly.

Click here for the Congregational Church site.


Axe Vale Pottery

A collector of this pottery is interested in its history. She is particularly interested in contacting Sarah Jones, the daughter of the late Dr Jones, who worked at the pottery in the 1960s. If you have any information about the pottery please email Jan Fryer


NOTICES

Regatta

Regatta Day 2011 is on August 11th, 2011.

For more information: www.beer-regatta.co.uk

Annual R&B Festival

The 13th Beer R&B Festival will be on 8th, 9th, 10th October 2010

For more information: www.steppinout.info

Short Mat Bowls

Short Mat Bowls is played in the Mariners Hall every Tuesday and Thursday from 7.30 p.m.

Beer Luggers

2009 Race Programme


Fishing Trips

Deep sea fishing trips can be arranged from Beer beach.

Contact the following boatmen:

Cyril Newton 01297 21460
Kim Aplin 01297 21955

 

Beach Huts.
Chapple & Son (est. 1923) Home: 01297 20756  Beach: 01297 20076  Mobile: 07974523616. Beach huts and refreshments


Pubs and Restaurants

Barrel o Beer 01297 20099
Steamers


Mariners Hall

Bookings: Nigel Groves 01297 21159


First published November 1996.  Date last updated: Sept 3rd 2010. Please report any problems with this site to